The Indiana Supreme Court granted transfer Thursday to a case questioning whether the Indiana Department of Transportation
is liable for the death of an employee of an independent contractor working on a highway project.

Indiana Supreme Court Justice Frank Sullivan Jr. praised Gov. Mitch Daniels' administration's support for improved
court technology during a speech Wednesday in Denver. Justice Sullivan addressed a plenary session at the National Court Technology
Conference, which is sponsored by the National Center for State Courts.

Following the model of more than a dozen other states, the Indiana Supreme Court has added a new Rule of Evidence to require
that certain statements be recorded before they can be entered into evidence.

The Indiana Supreme Court affirmed a trial court's decision to relinquish its jurisdiction over child support matters
to a California trial court. In its opinion, the high court examined the interplay between the Full Faith and Credit for Child
Support Orders Act and the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.

The Indiana Supreme Court granted transfer to a case in order to clarify precedents on post-judgment interest in dissolution
cases. The high court held that the dissolution statutes give a court the option to either assess interest or not in the course
of fashioning a just division of assets.

A majority of Indiana Supreme Court justices agreed a man who pleaded guilty couldn't appeal the denial of his pre-trial
motion to suppress. Yet one justice believed the plea agreement should have been honored according to its terms, which included
reserving the right to object to the denial of the motion to suppress.

The Indiana Supreme Court granted transfer this week to three cases, including a first impression case involving whether someone
who has drugs within 1,000 feet of a youth program center run in a church can have their conviction enhanced.

The Indiana Supreme Court issued an administrative order Tuesday allowing the executive secretary of the Indiana Supreme Court
Disciplinary Commission and the executive director of the Indiana Commission on Continuing Legal Education to continue to
grant waivers to attorneys for delinquent fees and reinstatement fees assessed pursuant to Admission & Discipline Rules
23(21) and 29(7).

Indiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard and other jurists from the Midwest will talk about important issues
affecting their respective courts during a panel discussion Sept. 9 at Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis.

The Indiana Supreme Court granted transfer this week to case in which a defendant believed the trial court abused its discretion
in referring to his Level of Service Inventory-Revised and Substance Abuse Subtle Screening Inventory scores.

The Indiana Supreme Court ruled that a man serving two life sentences for his 1975 murder convictions isn't eligible to
seek parole under the laws in effect at the time the murders took place, but could seek clemency though the Indiana Parole
Board.